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where was john mccain and lindsay graham and that stupid joe scarborough -- >> john: who? who? you mean shut up micah. >> caller: well, micah will sit there and act like she is scared. >> john: poo-poo, micah. thank god she was never married to ike turner because she never would have left. >> caller: we were still suffering from that lie that they told. >> john: yes! >> caller: where don't they get on that boo jazz! >> john: yes testify! jon mccain and lindsay graham love war. as long as it's someone else's kids going off to do it, they love war. and it makes them look tough when their own party has no use for them. they are use any arrow or their quiver to build this up. >> caller: and john mccain ought to be the first one to cut this mess off, but he is mad because he lost that election. >> john: yes, john mccain crashed planes, and was given special treatment because of his father, but he did give his service. we have to give him that. we'll be right back. >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." ♪ they're doing this th
where was john mccain and lindsay graham and that stupid joe scarborough -- >> john: who? who? you mean shut up micah. >> caller: well, micah will sit there and act like she is scared. >> john: poo-poo, micah. thank god she was never married to ike turner because she never would have left. >> caller: we were still suffering from that lie that they told. >> john: yes! >> caller: where don't they get on that boo jazz! >> john: yes testify! jon mccain and...
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john mccain was asked -- i am not making this up. john mccain was asked: well in 2008, you looked at mitt romney as a vice presidential candidate possibility. why did you choose sarah palin over mitt romney? and mccain said quote, sarah palin was a better candidate. what does what does that say about mitt romney? >> well, it's -- we know how that played out. but if we could go back to that point in time, i think and hold your horses but i could see the rationale. they were looking for a game changer. they had issues. i can't remember where where i read this. the optics of two wealthy men running wouldn't cut it. remember how john mccain got in trouble with his answer of how many homes he had. remember, it was partly because his wife owned some of them and i guess in his head he was trying to sort it out. how would it look to have a ticket where between two, the two men, they own a dozen homes? from the get-go, how would that worked. >> obama has one. >> i don't want to read too much into it, but i think i don't think it's necessarily
john mccain was asked -- i am not making this up. john mccain was asked: well in 2008, you looked at mitt romney as a vice presidential candidate possibility. why did you choose sarah palin over mitt romney? and mccain said quote, sarah palin was a better candidate. what does what does that say about mitt romney? >> well, it's -- we know how that played out. but if we could go back to that point in time, i think and hold your horses but i could see the rationale. they were looking for a...
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. >> john: let me say one thing in john mccain's defense. he has more energy than most 40 -year-olds i know. he proves that age is nothing but a number every day. i would never make fun of his age. i would make fun of his desperation and his desperate case to stay relevant with the tea party that despise him in his own republican wing. >> caller: nation has no appetite to go back to war anywhere. let's resolve the issues we've got. and you know, work peacefully. >> john: i agree jack. you're right. thank you very much. i'm glad -- it is 3:30 where you are. i wish you a great day. it won't be light for another six hours. thank you jack from oregon. we'll be taking your calls and i'll be joined by dan glickman now from the bipartisan policy center. i'm john fuglesang. this is the "bill press show." good morning. fast max. use as directed. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill
. >> john: let me say one thing in john mccain's defense. he has more energy than most 40 -year-olds i know. he proves that age is nothing but a number every day. i would never make fun of his age. i would make fun of his desperation and his desperate case to stay relevant with the tea party that despise him in his own republican wing. >> caller: nation has no appetite to go back to war anywhere. let's resolve the issues we've got. and you know, work peacefully. >> john: i...
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john mccain saying you look at the economy we know it's not true. from then on, this man has been lying, lying lying lying lying. >> yep. >> the only way he's going to win this debate is if he steal it he buy it or whatever. when you don't stand for something mr. john, you fall for anything. they throwing money at him throwing lies, trying to steal the folks. he is not going to stand. >> joanne, i think i want you to be my on camera sidekick for my new series on current tv. you just opened up a can of whoop ass on the entire republican party and me, and i do agree with you. what i said, and i said people are going to be mad at me, the only reason i compared him to bill clinton as a debite or is he got so much hate thrown at him and for the most part didn't get flustered. i do think barack obama's strategy has got to be without being too aggressive how do we get under governor romney's skin. it doesn't take much to get mitt romney going or to make him look really robotic. if you think about the one-on-one interviews with reporters, few and far betwee
john mccain saying you look at the economy we know it's not true. from then on, this man has been lying, lying lying lying lying. >> yep. >> the only way he's going to win this debate is if he steal it he buy it or whatever. when you don't stand for something mr. john, you fall for anything. they throwing money at him throwing lies, trying to steal the folks. he is not going to stand. >> joanne, i think i want you to be my on camera sidekick for my new series on current tv....
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john mccain even went as far as to blast president obama on the benghazi attack. one other issue is romney's thoughts on fema. here he is yesterday. >> [ inaudible ]? >> romney: why -- >> why don't you answer any questions about fema. >> nothing to say. more bill coming up after the break. highest priority on election day. besides, you can always dvr my show. you really cant' dvr the future of the country. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. so vote and vote smart. [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: my new political hero, chris christie. he is saying lots of nice things about president obama today, and president obama is going up to new jersey today to tour the storm-ravaged areas with governor chris christie. good morning, everybody, welcome to the "full court press" right here on current tv and on your local progressive talk radio station this wednesday morning. halloween, trick or treat. hal
john mccain even went as far as to blast president obama on the benghazi attack. one other issue is romney's thoughts on fema. here he is yesterday. >> [ inaudible ]? >> romney: why -- >> why don't you answer any questions about fema. >> nothing to say. more bill coming up after the break. highest priority on election day. besides, you can always dvr my show. you really cant' dvr the future of the country. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's...
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but among white men in 2008, he lost by 16 points to john mccain. among white males so far in 2012 romney leads -- you heard some of the leads among other groups but among white males romney over obama 60% to 34%. a 26-point lead among white males. i don't get it. i guess the question is what's wrong with white males. other question is can white males alone save mitt romney? i don't think so. i would love your take on this. help us figure it out. 1-800-steph-12. look what is it about white men? is it they're afraid of losing their job? they're afraid of losing their homes? they're afraid of not getting ahead in the world? they're afraid they won't be able to take care of their families. they're afraid of a black man? what is it? is it racism? is it that they just can't stand the fact that there is a black man in the oval office and you know, they're a white guy and this is a white country and our forefathers were white and what's going on here? we're losing control? i mean is that -- is it ignorance? are these uneducated white men who don't just see
but among white men in 2008, he lost by 16 points to john mccain. among white males so far in 2012 romney leads -- you heard some of the leads among other groups but among white males romney over obama 60% to 34%. a 26-point lead among white males. i don't get it. i guess the question is what's wrong with white males. other question is can white males alone save mitt romney? i don't think so. i would love your take on this. help us figure it out. 1-800-steph-12. look what is it about white men?...
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why are we still listening to john mccain and lindsey graham? >> they have to have something to do, you know. >> bill: don't they have other people they could book? i don't care. call mitch mcconnell. call al republican senator. right? tom grassley. whatever. there are a lot of people out there, bob corker. i hope stead we keep seeing lindsey graham as if he is the only guy over there. i don't know. i am on a tear this morning. >> he has to have something to do. before the susan rice thing -- >> >> bill: go shopping. >> when i heard lindsey graham talking about susan graham that guy is in the senate? what else could he do? >> good, the war on susan rice. did you make that up? i am loving it. >> bill press is the war on susan rice. >> i will tell you who bill press is this morning, war on john boehner. >> that's who i want to talk to you about. i think it's time for john boehner to get out of the way. just resign. so here is the deal. >> you explain to me. >> you have a bill that will give 98% of the americans a tax cut january 1st. it's already
why are we still listening to john mccain and lindsey graham? >> they have to have something to do, you know. >> bill: don't they have other people they could book? i don't care. call mitch mcconnell. call al republican senator. right? tom grassley. whatever. there are a lot of people out there, bob corker. i hope stead we keep seeing lindsey graham as if he is the only guy over there. i don't know. i am on a tear this morning. >> he has to have something to do. before the...
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there is a meeting between president obama and senator john mccain. there are a few photos like this but it is an interesting lunch. we're not going to see it though. if we see it it will be an official photo release. we won't get a camera in the room. we know what it isn't. it isn't public. it is not an offer a cabinet post. jay carney made that clear and it is not a beer summit. >> bill: it could be an o'doul summit. >> or a milk sum et. -- summit. >> the president said both on election night and then at a press conference a week later he wanted to talk to mitt romney saying that he thought he had some good ideas saying that maybe his of his management experience running the salt lake city could be applied to streamlining the federal government. >> bill: i heard the president say that. i thought he was just sort of making nice, right? but then he for actually followed through and invited him to lunch. >> mitt romney got a lot of applause for the way he handled the salt lake city olympics. he turned a wretched enterprise into a success. >> bill: with
there is a meeting between president obama and senator john mccain. there are a few photos like this but it is an interesting lunch. we're not going to see it though. if we see it it will be an official photo release. we won't get a camera in the room. we know what it isn't. it isn't public. it is not an offer a cabinet post. jay carney made that clear and it is not a beer summit. >> bill: it could be an o'doul summit. >> or a milk sum et. -- summit. >> the president said both...
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this is the same thing remember, that john mccain tried to do in 2008. obama's nothing but a rock star. rock stars give speeches gets big crowds. he's a celebrity, he's not a man of substance at all duh. it is just like penis envy on part of these guys. it is nonsense. if it that's the best they've got. as equally upset your comment on that is welcome at 1-866-55-press. equally upset about what i'm hearing from democrats these days. here is a headline on "huffington post." "huffington post" is supposed to be the nbc of the -- the msnbcú of the blogs. it is the left-leaning blog. it is where we progressives go as the alternative to the drudge report. that's what it is supposed to be. here is a headline on "huffington post" today. obama and democrats face a cool june. oh, yeah. times are so -- obama has hit rock bottom, this article says. i mean and here's what they add up. the jobs report only 69,000 jobs. losing in wisconsin. the supreme court is going to rule on healthcare before the end of the month. that's going to be a disaster. the race is close in
this is the same thing remember, that john mccain tried to do in 2008. obama's nothing but a rock star. rock stars give speeches gets big crowds. he's a celebrity, he's not a man of substance at all duh. it is just like penis envy on part of these guys. it is nonsense. if it that's the best they've got. as equally upset your comment on that is welcome at 1-866-55-press. equally upset about what i'm hearing from democrats these days. here is a headline on "huffington post."...
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. >> bill: of course john mccain and hillary clinton at the time were exaggerating. he said if we have actionable intelligence and musharraf will not act, we will. he didn't say we're going to bomb pakistan. but the point is they all disagreed with it at the time and so did mitt romney! that's the point. yesterday mitt romney said of course i would have given the same order. even jimmy carter would have given the same order. trying to compare barack obama to jimmy carter. hey, jimmy carter's mission remember failed! barack obama's succeeded. big, big difference! mitt romney, now he says nobody -- of course i would have done the same thick. oh yeah? that's not what he said at the time. here is wolf blitzer quoting mitt romney at the time. >> it is not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars trying to catch one person. he was referring to the hunt for osama bin laden. what did he mean by that because it has generated a little controversy given osama bin laden's role in killing 3,000 americans on 9-11. >> bill: not worth spending millions of dollars.
. >> bill: of course john mccain and hillary clinton at the time were exaggerating. he said if we have actionable intelligence and musharraf will not act, we will. he didn't say we're going to bomb pakistan. but the point is they all disagreed with it at the time and so did mitt romney! that's the point. yesterday mitt romney said of course i would have given the same order. even jimmy carter would have given the same order. trying to compare barack obama to jimmy carter. hey, jimmy...
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. >> bill: i thought john mccain taught everybody that lesson back in 2000. the straight-talk express. let's say good morning to miranda from richmond, virginia. >> caller: good morning, bill. i have another perspective to offer, because i find myself being interviewed at times on cultural history, and because i have so often found myself misquoted, i reserve the right to approve all quotes because once it is in print there's no chance to go back. the interviewer is probably recording -- >> bill: yes. >> caller: and so sometimes a single word will be changed or maybe a negative will drop out, or you come across a little word garble or one word misheard which completely changes the meaning. >> bill: well, you are being like the politicians in this case miranda, but i don't think she has the right to demand that. she can. >> right. >> bill: i do a lot of interviews, i never demand -- >> we're also talking about who different issues here. one if i'm a reporter and i mishear you, or i'm not quite sure what you said i should come back and say was there a negative
. >> bill: i thought john mccain taught everybody that lesson back in 2000. the straight-talk express. let's say good morning to miranda from richmond, virginia. >> caller: good morning, bill. i have another perspective to offer, because i find myself being interviewed at times on cultural history, and because i have so often found myself misquoted, i reserve the right to approve all quotes because once it is in print there's no chance to go back. the interviewer is probably...
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john mccain carried eight of those ten states. this is a -- this is mitt romney's base. >> as you say the deeper you dig into this comment the worse it gets for him. and you know, you mention of course florida swing state. among those. why is that? because you have lots of retirees. you have lots of seniors. seniors who paid into medicare. paid into social security. and here's mitt romney essentially talking down to them. i mean that's just on top of course of their plan to voucherize medicare and increase cost to seniors on medicare by making them pay higher premiums and higher co-pays in order to reinstate the overpayments to insurance companies so on top of policies that hit them across the head, he's insulting all of these individuals as well. >> bill: now there's no doubt that this has been not politically bad for romney, good for president obama. the important question is will this help some of the down ballot candidates. will this lift in the polls which we've seen in the swing states, even before these comments coming out
john mccain carried eight of those ten states. this is a -- this is mitt romney's base. >> as you say the deeper you dig into this comment the worse it gets for him. and you know, you mention of course florida swing state. among those. why is that? because you have lots of retirees. you have lots of seniors. seniors who paid into medicare. paid into social security. and here's mitt romney essentially talking down to them. i mean that's just on top of course of their plan to voucherize...
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it was supported by republicans trent lott, john mccain, republicans in the senate. and what happened is right wing talk radio went crazy. limbaugh and all of the rest. they went nuts. they got people out in the streets, opposing this legislation. and the republicans in the senate caved on that and abandoned george w. bush so then they come back and they say in 2008 no, we support this. we gotta get it done. obama gets elected. he puts the bush bill basically back in front of these republicans in the congress and what happened? they turntables because this time obama was for it and they were not going to give him a victory. no way no how and so they flip-flopped. they totally changed their position. on the bill they had once supported. and then the president made a statement that some people, republicans right away jumped on and said oh, my god this is worse than the 47%! the comment by mitt romney. what the president said yesterday is that if you want to change washington, you have to have pressure from the outside. here's how it came across. >> obama: you can't cha
it was supported by republicans trent lott, john mccain, republicans in the senate. and what happened is right wing talk radio went crazy. limbaugh and all of the rest. they went nuts. they got people out in the streets, opposing this legislation. and the republicans in the senate caved on that and abandoned george w. bush so then they come back and they say in 2008 no, we support this. we gotta get it done. obama gets elected. he puts the bush bill basically back in front of these republicans...
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and then senator john mccain who was out saying we are against waterboarding because that's torture under the geneva convention, not a republican -- now the republicans are trying even busch are saying what a good job waterboarding did to get kalik shake -- sheik mohammed. >> they want everybody to believe waterboarding was effective. nancy is in nashville, tennessee. hi, nancy. >> good morning, bill. >> good morning, sir. ma'am. sorry. >> how are you doing? >> fine, thanks. your point? >> the republicans lie so much that they are only upset because the video tells the truth. and that's just how they are. >> it does tell the truth. >> that's what i said earlier. what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some re
and then senator john mccain who was out saying we are against waterboarding because that's torture under the geneva convention, not a republican -- now the republicans are trying even busch are saying what a good job waterboarding did to get kalik shake -- sheik mohammed. >> they want everybody to believe waterboarding was effective. nancy is in nashville, tennessee. hi, nancy. >> good morning, bill. >> good morning, sir. ma'am. sorry. >> how are you doing? >>...
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the other question is am i better off than i would have been if john mccain had won. i feel a bit more certain of that. >> bill: that's a different way of asking that same question isn't it? >> exactly. we have the question up on our facebook page. go to facebook and look for bill press up there. >> bill: if you don't go to the facebook page, go to the phones. 1-866-55-press. give us a call here in charlotte. we'll take your calls when we come back on the "full court press" and tell you more about what we can expect out of later today on the convention floor. and this week in charlotte. the "full court press" live from charlotte. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >>who the heck does mitt romney think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past it doesn't matter who you are. she was trying to be cool. she walks in, bonus, bonus bonus, bonus. [ screaming ] by the way in heels, the same height. [ ap
the other question is am i better off than i would have been if john mccain had won. i feel a bit more certain of that. >> bill: that's a different way of asking that same question isn't it? >> exactly. we have the question up on our facebook page. go to facebook and look for bill press up there. >> bill: if you don't go to the facebook page, go to the phones. 1-866-55-press. give us a call here in charlotte. we'll take your calls when we come back on the "full court...
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anything else and say that the american people deserve to know as much about mitt romney's taxes as john mccain did when he chose sarah palin over romney. >> bill: right. >> there's gotta be something because if romney had a clean bill of health on his taxes why wouldn't you have picked him? instead, you took sarah palin? over mitt romney? let's not forget that. >> bill: even dick cheney said it was a mistake. >> the other thing of it to try to show our members he doesn't think like them, doesn't relate to them whatsoever, this would be the first if romney wants to get elected. this would be the first president that was elected that had two secret bank accounts. i don't want a president that has a bank account in switzerland one that has one in the cayman islands. i don't want a president who is investing in facilities in bermuda at the same time that his hedge fund is investing in bermuda and says hey they're two separate and apart. so i think we show the integrity of president obama his commitment to rebuild america's infrastructure rebuild america and we show i think the kind of perso
anything else and say that the american people deserve to know as much about mitt romney's taxes as john mccain did when he chose sarah palin over romney. >> bill: right. >> there's gotta be something because if romney had a clean bill of health on his taxes why wouldn't you have picked him? instead, you took sarah palin? over mitt romney? let's not forget that. >> bill: even dick cheney said it was a mistake. >> the other thing of it to try to show our members he...
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john mccain is unendorsing richard mourdock. the indiana senate candidate is underfire this week for calling rape pregnancies an intentional gift from god. coincidentally, mourdock is the only senate candidate mitt romney has endorse and cut an ad for this season. he just released the ad in support of mourdock monday and the rape comments came tuesday night. mccain said he will no longer support mourdock unless he apologizes for those remarks but most republicans are staying in mourdock's corner. santorum is saying it is gotcha politics and romney says while he does not agree with his statements, he supports him for senate. >>> president obama discussed the issue yesterday in an interview with jay leno. the interview was not all serious. the two took a lighter tone when discussing donald trump. >> what's this thing with trump and you? it's like me and letterman. what's he got against you? >> obama: you know, this all dates back to when we were growing up together in kenya. >> trump said he'll donate $5 million to a charity of ob
john mccain is unendorsing richard mourdock. the indiana senate candidate is underfire this week for calling rape pregnancies an intentional gift from god. coincidentally, mourdock is the only senate candidate mitt romney has endorse and cut an ad for this season. he just released the ad in support of mourdock monday and the rape comments came tuesday night. mccain said he will no longer support mourdock unless he apologizes for those remarks but most republicans are staying in mourdock's...
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the question i keep asking is: what did john mccain find when he looked at those 23 years of returns. it seems there had to have been something there. it's early in the morning on a wednesday morning. but looking ahead, what do ruz interested in tonight to tackle? >> well, one issue we are going to be talking about is global warming which has come back. >> thankfully. >> a lot of scientists are reaffirming what i think most of us new. we knew but didn't know it from our own science. this was from the goddard scientist, jim hansen. >> right. >> a new report that says, it's even worse than we thought. a lot of the sort of heat that we are seeing in the summer is in fact, attributable to global warming. that sneeze was not. and so it is sort of ratcheting up. scientists are saying it's worse than we thought. >> i am so glad you are doing that. it is so important. we have got to keep the pressure on. there again is one area where the congress ought to be here working on that instead of off on another -- on another vacation. >> bill, they worked hard this summer. >> you know what? they've
the question i keep asking is: what did john mccain find when he looked at those 23 years of returns. it seems there had to have been something there. it's early in the morning on a wednesday morning. but looking ahead, what do ruz interested in tonight to tackle? >> well, one issue we are going to be talking about is global warming which has come back. >> thankfully. >> a lot of scientists are reaffirming what i think most of us new. we knew but didn't know it from our own...
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it worked well against mccain. it won't work against the mitt bot 2012. >> caller: correct. >> john: what areas of flip-flopping would you want to highlight? >> caller: one of the ones i think would be very important and the reason why it would be important is to try to actually go after his base is, in fact, obama care and how he had -- oh, first day we're repealing obama care. and then of course, recently on "60 minutes," no, of course we're not going to do that. we want to have these provisions and you know, have it pointed out that hey those provisions from obama care or from -- that you want to put in place are already there in obama care. >> john: right on. mark, thank you for the call. he makes a really good point. i would call him out not only on flip-flopping but how do you plan on repealing obama care on day one without a 60-vote majority? you incredible lying hump. the president may choose a different lexicon. we'll be taking more of your calls when we return at 1-866-55-press. i'm john fuglesang. this i
it worked well against mccain. it won't work against the mitt bot 2012. >> caller: correct. >> john: what areas of flip-flopping would you want to highlight? >> caller: one of the ones i think would be very important and the reason why it would be important is to try to actually go after his base is, in fact, obama care and how he had -- oh, first day we're repealing obama care. and then of course, recently on "60 minutes," no, of course we're not going to do that....